Sontag Surname

86,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Sontag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9251:123,91813,187
Germany7091:113,54813,978
Brazil5461:392,07814,963
France4861:136,67220,929
Canada2511:146,79515,033
Poland1381:275,42633,676
England1121:497,48331,781
Finland701:78,5248,534
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Austria461:185,11823,639
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4281:117,33311,513

The alternate forms: Sontág (55) are calculated separately.

Sontag (24) may also be a first name.

Sontag Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sontag Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sontag is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Sontág. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontag? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 86,765th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,313,071 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sontag live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sontag is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name Sontag is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,925 people, or 1 in 123,918. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Missouri, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Sontag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sontag has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sontag surname increased 683 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 5,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sontag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sontag last name are 11.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.9% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sontag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.81% more than the national average, earning $49,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $50,995 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontág9455/
Sonntag9226,887/
Szontag9239/
Sontagh9228/
Sountag928/
Soontag922/
Sontagg922/
Somntag921/
Shontag920/
Szontagh86159/
Schontag8688/
Szonntag8625/
Szoentag868/
Shoentag861/
Sonntagg860/
Sonthaug860/
Contag83249/
Zontag83133/
Sontak8378/
Suntag8376/
Sontac8341/
Sontog8327/
Santag8317/
Somtag830/
Schoentag80131/
Sontagová8013/
Szonntagh807/
Sontake77907/
Szontág7798/
Sontack7779/
Shentag7732/
Shantag7732/
Sonntak7728/
Sonntog7720/
Soontak7716/
Zonntag775/
Sontakk774/
Sanntag773/
Sonntac773/
Sountak773/
Sonntág773/
Santaig771/
Sonntaq771/
Sountac771/
Shontog771/
Shuntag771/
Santaag771/
Sauntag770/
Sonntagová7594/
Sonntagova754/
Sontakke7163,473/
Sonttake71789/
Szontágh71125/
Jountagh7116/
Sonthake7110/
Schantag716/
Sontaque714/
Sounteax714/
Sontakhe712/
Shontake712/
Sontaake712/
Sountack711/
Schomtag711/
Sountake711/
Schuntag710/
Contac67229/
Suntak67215/
Santak67127/
Zontak67103/
Santac6797/
Sontok6773/
Sontágová6762/
Jantag6726/
Zuntag6722/
Sonttakke6722/
Sonták6717/
Contak6711/
Santax679/
Zontagová675/
Santog675/
Zontág675/
Shontakke674/
Sonthakke673/
Sontthake672/
Sontaakke672/
Samtag672/
Sontakova671/
Sonntakke671/
Sontattke671/
Cantag671/
Johntaugh670/
Sumtag670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sontag
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